Orleans
Parish District Attorney Praises DEA--Leon
Cannizzario Jr. Speaks About “Unique
Partnership” with DEA in Important State
of the Criminal Justice Address--

June
12 (New Orleans) – Today
the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s
Office hosted the Annual State of the Criminal
Justice Address. The address was held at
the historic Gallier Hall and featured
Mayor Mitch Landrieu as the guest speaker.
Mayor Landrieu commented that without the
assurance of safety there could be no freedom.

District
Attorney Leon Cannizzaro Jr. delivered the
keynote Criminal Justice Address and praised
the effective partnership between New Orleans
area state and local agencies and the DEA
New Orleans Field Division. Mr. Cannizzaro
cited the investigative efforts of a key
pharmaceutical case that was worked jointly
by DEA and the Orleans Parish DA’s
office.

Mr.
Cannizzaro also alluded to Orleans Parish’s
reliance on a new and unprecedented local
prosecutorial model that has forged a unique
partnership with DEA to fight against violent
criminal and drug dealers. Mr. Cannizzaro
remarked, “When I took office three
and a half years ago, I found a broken criminal
justice system…I believe that our
efforts to transform this once broken criminal
justice system have been recognized by our
federal law enforcement partners.”

Mr.
Cannizzaro said, “I would like to personally
thank Jimmy Fox, the Special Agent in Charge
of the New Orleans Field Division of the
Drug Enforcement Administration, for the
trust that he placed in our office. We look
forward to a continued working relationship
with your federal law enforcement agency.”

Mr.
Cannizzaro urged city and state legislators
to provide additional funding to the district
by citing the fact that Orleans Parish currently
receives 1/6 th the funding of other parishes
but has 175 murders, compared to 173 murders
for the other parishes combined. In closing,
Mr. Cannizzaro reminded his law enforcement
colleagues that there was no expiration on
justice.